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QC Walleye tourney
Fishing: Quad Cities get walleye event
By Juli Probasco-Sowers • Register Staff Writer • May 30, 2008
A walleye tournament next year in the Quad Cities will offer more than $1 million in money and prizes.
FLW Outdoors will bring the Wal-Mart BFL All-American walleye championships to the Mississippi River on May 29-30, 2009.
The championships will create a spotlight on regular walleye anglers, tournament officials said Thursday.
Coverage will be broadcast to 81 million Fox Sports Net subscribers in the United States as part of the "FLW Outdoors" television program.
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The Quad Cities have hosted FLW tournaments in the past, but this is one of the largest tournaments on the fishing tour, according to Joe Taylor, president and CEO of the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau.
"There could be anywhere from 25,000-50,000 people drawn to the area," he said.
BFL competitors are made up of 54 professional anglers and 54 co-anglers, amateurs who do not fish professionally.
Anglers will compete for top awards of $140,000 in the Boater Division and $70,000 in the Co-angler Division.
The Bassmaster Elite Series bass tournament also will be held in Iowa next summer, June 26-29 in Fort Madison.
Fishing: Quad Cities get walleye event
By Juli Probasco-Sowers • Register Staff Writer • May 30, 2008
A walleye tournament next year in the Quad Cities will offer more than $1 million in money and prizes.
FLW Outdoors will bring the Wal-Mart BFL All-American walleye championships to the Mississippi River on May 29-30, 2009.
The championships will create a spotlight on regular walleye anglers, tournament officials said Thursday.
Coverage will be broadcast to 81 million Fox Sports Net subscribers in the United States as part of the "FLW Outdoors" television program.
Advertisement
The Quad Cities have hosted FLW tournaments in the past, but this is one of the largest tournaments on the fishing tour, according to Joe Taylor, president and CEO of the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau.
"There could be anywhere from 25,000-50,000 people drawn to the area," he said.
BFL competitors are made up of 54 professional anglers and 54 co-anglers, amateurs who do not fish professionally.
Anglers will compete for top awards of $140,000 in the Boater Division and $70,000 in the Co-angler Division.
The Bassmaster Elite Series bass tournament also will be held in Iowa next summer, June 26-29 in Fort Madison.
